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Chapter 5087: 5.0839 Disliked

Zhenzhu chuckled awkwardly. "It's those two unpresentable people from the Fang family, here to weep and complain to Her Imperial Highness."

"The Crown Princess needn't worry. Her Imperial Highness will send them away shortly. It definitely won't affect your appetite for dinner."

Hearing her words, which clearly showed disdain for the Fang family members, the little Crown Princess wasn't particularly curious. She followed Zhenzhu into the inner chamber.

A faint, pleasant scent of sandalwood drifted in the air of the inner chamber.

Empress Bai sat expressionlessly on a large golden nanmu armchair, her gaze calmly fixed on the two women kneeling below.

There, an old and a young woman, both wiping away tears, knelt.

The older woman, weeping, said, "Your Imperial Highness, Consort Fang has been missing for over four hours. When this humble subject thinks of the torment her elder self is enduring right now, her heart feels like it's being pricked by needles; it's truly unbearable."

Empress Bai said expressionlessly, "Consort Fang was kidnapped last night. If you were truly worried, you wouldn't have waited until now to come to the palace to mourn."

"Furthermore, Consort Fang is a fortunate person, and heaven will protect her. She is merely missing at the moment. There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest she has been harmed. Your mourning before this consort now seems a bit premature!!"

The Empress's words were incredibly impolite.

A young woman kneeling behind the older woman quickly reached out and secretly tugged her mother's sleeve.

The older woman was scolded by the Empress and immediately felt choked and disheartened. She stared blankly at the Empress, unsure how to respond.

The Empress then asked impatiently, "Why have you two come to the palace at this time?"

The young woman behind the older woman quickly shuffled forward on her knees, respectfully kowtowing to the Empress. "Your Imperial Highness, please understand, my father and mother were truly worried about Consort Fang's safety and couldn't sleep all night. Therefore, this morning, Mother impatiently brought your humble daughter into the palace..."

"It's not early anymore," the Empress mocked unceremoniously. "It's almost dinner time. Could the Second Madam of Huainan Earl's Estate be hoping that this consort will save you some food?!"

The woman: ...

She had long heard that the Empress was particularly sharp-tongued when rebuking people. She had thought perhaps it was exaggerated through word of mouth, with some inaccuracies.

She never expected it to be true!

Seeing her own daughter, Fang Mingyue, speechless and unable to compose herself due to the Empress's words, tears welling in her eyes, looking so pitiful, as a mother, she felt a pang in her heart.

However... the one sitting above was the exalted Empress, incomparably noble.

When the Empress rebuked their mother and daughter, they could naturally only quietly endure it. Daughter Fang Mingyue didn't even dare to let her tears fall, fearing that the Empress would be even more displeased if she saw them.

She didn't let her tears fall, but they swirled in her eyes.

The Empress wasn't blind; how could she not see it?

Seeing this, she became even more displeased, secretly muttering how annoying these two mother and daughter looked.

She disliked women who were like parasitic plants, constantly relying on men, constantly feeling incredibly wronged.

Moreover, she naturally felt that she hadn't said anything excessive. Just one or two sarcastic remarks, and the other party immediately put on a crying face as if to show her.

Simply utterly boring!

"Your Imperial Highness, the Crown Princess has arrived," Zhenzhu said with a timely smile, seeing the stiff atmosphere, and welcomed the little Crown Princess in.

Her Imperial Highness the Empress's eyes immediately lit up upon seeing her daughter-in-law's clean, stoic little face.